Hey all-
Before my question- I posted about buying a new house under construction, and having the ability to make some customizations while its going. The opportunity is here, looks like my offer will go through. so... yay for me.
So, I am going to build a out of the wall tank, along with a small room behind it for maint access. I will throw out my plans here for critique, as the house is going up NOW, and I need to make some quick decisions. Not the most optimal of situations with regard to study/research time, I know.
Mods/admins- would you like to see a set of threads started on a fully custom job, start to finish, lots of pics that could be archived later? There is alot of that here already, just curious. Say yes and I will contribute.
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That aside, my real question- on electrics- I will be running 2 seperate fish only dedicated GFI circuits for the tank. What kind of breakers should I run? I was thinking 30 amps. I will wire them for batterey bypass up at the breaker box too, keep the battery backup system away from the tank. Should I have more circuits?
BTW the tank in mind is... approx 180gal with large sump, multiple fuges, maybe a plumbed in seperate small tank for "other species" IE dont play well with others... These will all be built into the wall, and there will be viewing windows for all of the tanks, yup, even the sump. I figured some cheap colored lighting could look really cool to backlight some of the eq... and removable panels for when I dont wanna see em... oh yeah, its gonna be a circus for sure. Closed loop, calcium reactor, skimmer, fuge, halides, wavemaker of some sort, all the goods.
Just planning the nice stuff while the walls are open and it is easy to do.
Thanks in advance for being involved, and helping me. This site is where I have learned 90% of what I know, and I am pretty good about reading up on this stuff too. Just alot out here. Well, enough kissing up, sorry for the lengthy post. When I am excited about a project, I tend to run on...
More later
KK
Before my question- I posted about buying a new house under construction, and having the ability to make some customizations while its going. The opportunity is here, looks like my offer will go through. so... yay for me.
So, I am going to build a out of the wall tank, along with a small room behind it for maint access. I will throw out my plans here for critique, as the house is going up NOW, and I need to make some quick decisions. Not the most optimal of situations with regard to study/research time, I know.
Mods/admins- would you like to see a set of threads started on a fully custom job, start to finish, lots of pics that could be archived later? There is alot of that here already, just curious. Say yes and I will contribute.
....
That aside, my real question- on electrics- I will be running 2 seperate fish only dedicated GFI circuits for the tank. What kind of breakers should I run? I was thinking 30 amps. I will wire them for batterey bypass up at the breaker box too, keep the battery backup system away from the tank. Should I have more circuits?
BTW the tank in mind is... approx 180gal with large sump, multiple fuges, maybe a plumbed in seperate small tank for "other species" IE dont play well with others... These will all be built into the wall, and there will be viewing windows for all of the tanks, yup, even the sump. I figured some cheap colored lighting could look really cool to backlight some of the eq... and removable panels for when I dont wanna see em... oh yeah, its gonna be a circus for sure. Closed loop, calcium reactor, skimmer, fuge, halides, wavemaker of some sort, all the goods.
Just planning the nice stuff while the walls are open and it is easy to do.
Thanks in advance for being involved, and helping me. This site is where I have learned 90% of what I know, and I am pretty good about reading up on this stuff too. Just alot out here. Well, enough kissing up, sorry for the lengthy post. When I am excited about a project, I tend to run on...
More later
KK
